Truck-loading machine.



Patented Nov. l3, I900,

G. A. BRDWNE.

TRUCK LOADING MACHINE.

(Application filed pct. 28, 1899.\

(N0 Model.)

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" INITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ADRIAN BROWNE, OF WACHAPREAGUE, VIRGINIA.

TRUCK-LOADING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 661,904, datedNovember 13, 1900.

Application filed OctnberZS, 1899. Serial No. 735,142- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADRIAN BROWNE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wachapreague, in the county of Accomack and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Loading-Truck Machine, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks in general, and more particularly tothat class having no wheels and employed also as skids, the object ofthe invention being to provide a construction which in its use as a skidmay be connected with a Wagon in such manner that by moving the wagonforwardly the load on the skid will be raised and deposited in thewagon.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure1 is a perspective view showing the complete truck. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the application of the truck to a wagon and thepositions of the parts when the truck is raised to deliver the load tothe wagon.

Referring now to the drawings, the truck of the present inventioncomprises the usual sills 5 and 6, having the forward crossbrace 7 andthe rear cross-brace 8, which hold the sills rigidly and complete theframe of the truck. As shown in the drawings, the ends of the sills atone end of the truck are turned upwardly to form hooks 9 and 10, theinner faces of which are provided with metal sheathing 11 to resistwear, and which sheathing is provided with projections 12, adapted toengage a barrel or other load and hold it from falling from the truckduring the operation of loading. The exterior faces of the hooks maylikewise be provided with sheathing to resist wear, and at the oppositeends of the sills there are secured eyepieces 15 and 16, the eyes ofwhich are in aliuement transversely of the truck for a purpose whichwill be presently explained.

At points substantially midway of the ends of the sills and on the outerfaces thereof are pivoted supporting-legs 17 and 18, mounted upon theends of a shaft 19, engaged with perforations in the sills, the lowerends of the legs having a cross-brace 20 to hold them properly spacedand additional diagonal braces 21 and 22. The extremities of thesupporting-legs are pointed to better engage the earth or pavement andprevent slipping during theoperation of the truck in loading. Chains 25,attached at their ends to the sills and legs, permit the legs'to befolded against the sills in the direction of the eye-pieces 15 and 16,but limit the movement of the legs in the opposite direction to a pointslightly be yond the perpendicular.

In the operation of this device the eyepieces are engaged with the barwhich forms the pintle of the tailboard-hinge of the wagon to be loaded,the outer faces of the hooks at the opposite ends of the sills restingagainst the ground and the supporting-legs lying with their pointedlower ends against the ground and at an angle thereto, as shown. Abarrel may be then rolled onto the truck to lie against the curved innerfaces of the hooks or against the projections thereof, after which thewagon is drawn forwardly. The forward movement of the wagon causes theends of the supporting legs to engage more firmly with the ground, theupper ends of the legs at their pivotal connections then acting asfulcrums for the sills, and the continued movement of the wagon movesthese outer ends of the legs in the are of a circle and causes the hookends of the sills to rise. The supporting-legs are preferably of aheight somewhat greater than that of the floor of the wagon-body, andhence when the legs have been moved to a vertical position the sillswill be inclined to the floor of the wagon-body, and in consequence thebarrel will roll or may be readily rolled down the sills and into thewagon. If the loadbe of that shape that it will not roll, then it may bepushed down the incline, the operation in any event being much easierthan that of rolling or shoving up the ordinary inclined skid. After theload has been moved into the wagon-body the wagon may be hacked and thetruck will move to its original position ready for a second load, whichmay be raised in the same manner as the previous one. The presence ofthe chains 25 insures the termination of the pivotal movement of thesills upon the legs at the proper point and prevents the truck frommoving downwardly should the wagon be moved ahead too far.

It will of course be understood that in practice modifications instructure may be made a V I and any suitable materials and proportionsmay be nsedfor 't'h'e'v'arions parts Without departing from thespiri'tof the invention."

What is claimed is 1. A loading-truck comprising sills mutuallyconnected to form a frame, the ends of the sills at one end of the framebeing turned upwardly and the ends of the sills at the other end of theframe having eyes for pivotal connection with a wagon-body, andsupportinglegs pivoted at their ends to the sills between the ends ofthe latter and having their free ends adapted for engagem entwith theground;

2. A loading-truck comprising sills mutually connected to form a frame,the ends of the sills at one end of the frame being turned upwardly toform hooks which latter are pro- EDWIN T. PO ELL, J NO. S. PARSONS.

